Past to Pleasant
Rec and Park Helps Define the City
It’s a big year for significant birthdays in Pleasant Hill. Not only is the City of Pleasant Hill turning 50, but the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District rounds out its sixth decade. The “...
Jul 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Dukes of Pleasant Hill
“Some day this valley will be full of people,” proclaimed Pleasant Hill pioneer William Dukes as he looked out from the hills above today’s Pleasant Hill. How right he was—and to think that this w...
May 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oak Park Elementary School
The “THWACK!” of Mt. Diablo Unified’s ax just barely missed two Pleasant Hill schools during the district’s recent budget cuts. Sequoia Elementary and Sequoia Middle Schools, it seems, will live o...
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The Last of the West
When Earl and John Sanko held a farewell party for their land, the site of today’s Civic Center area, they obviously knew they were contributing to the fast decline of rural Pleasant Hill. They inv...
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Pleasant Hill’s Graceland
Whenever my family wants delightfully piquant curries and pad thai, we go to Graceland. Not to the Elvis kitsch capital of the world, but to the site of Pleasant Hill’s first suburban development,...
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A Mystery: The Japanese in Early Pleasant Hill
Where are you, Alice Kawauchi? I've tried and tried to find out what ever happened to you and Pleasant Hill's other early Japanese American residents, but to no avail. Alice's story mystifies me ...
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